cambio

/ˈkambjo/, [ˈkãm.bjo]

change


Noun cambio m (plural cambios)

  1. change, shift
  2. exchange rate
    El cambio es de 12 pesos mexicanos por dólar.
    The exchange rate is 12 mexican pesos to the dollar.
  3. gear (of a motor vehicle)

Verb cambio

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cambiar.

Interjection cambio

  1. (telecommunications) over
    ¡Cambio y corto!
    Over and out!

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Examples
  • Me dio una naranja a cambio de un trozo de tarta.

    He gave me an orange in exchange for a piece of cake.

  • Él me dio todo pero no aceptó nada a cambio.

    He gave me everything but accepted nothing in return.

  • Un cambio de aires te hará mucho bien.

    A change of air will do you a lot of good.

  • ¿A cómo está el cambio de moneda?

    What is the exchange rate?

  • Mary viajó al futuro y descubrió que el cambio climático había destruido toda la vida sobre la Tierra.

    Mary traveled into the future and found that climate change had destroyed all life on Earth.

  • Las tasas de cambio de las divisas varían diariamente.

    The exchange rates for foreign currency change daily.

  • La victoria por sí misma no es el cambio que buscamos.

    This victory alone is not the change we seek.

  • Perdone, pero no tengo cambio.

    Forgive me, but I have no change.

  • Tom quería hacer un cambio.

    Tom wanted to make a change.

  • Si necesitas un cambio de ritmo, ¿por qué no vienes a visitarnos?

    If you need a change of pace, why don't you come for a visit?

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